The
Fraumünster
(Fraumunsterstrasse, Zurich)
was once the political centre of
Zürich
and
the abbess had many prominent medieval rights - including
the right to mint coins. This, of course, led to much rivalry
with the Monastry which was attached to
Grossmünster
-
men being the lesser of the two sexes.

In the post-reformation environment, the Convent was abolished
and feudals rights taken over by the new secular authorities.

These days,
Fraumünster
(Fraumunsterstrasse, Zurich)
is
probably more famed as the home of windows by Marc Chagall
(installed in 1970) which are best seen in morning light.

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